little regard for life there sometimes is on the streets of baltimore. watch as the gunman comes in camera left and begins firing at another man repeatedly. you then see the gunman dart down the street and into an alley. as the camera readjusts, it settles on witnesses running down the street to assist a child that was struck. the body you see laying in the road is 5-year-old raven wyatt. she was struck once in the head, caught in the crossfire. the camera continues to roll, catching a growing crowd and crime scene that would captivate this neighborhood for weeks. police eventually arrested 17- year-old lamont davis, a juvenile with a lengthy criminal past. after his arraignment this morning, davis' public defender says they are the wrong guy. >> he entered a plea of not guilty. we intend to take on the task of not only showing that lamont davis is not guilty of this charge, no matter what his background is, but he is innocent of it. >> reporter: he wouldn't go

into detail, but released this closed circuit video, in part to prove davis is not the shooter. he says in the public's eye, his 17-year-old client is already portrayed as guilty, and simply says this video is a different perspective for people to see. a perspective he believes will help exonerate him. you remember there is also some controversy that davis was on dps monitoring, and he may or may not have cut off that device before the shooting. hedgepeth says all of that plus this video will be part of a trial set for october 2nd. brian kuebler. the trial of dallas smith is scheduled to begin today. smith is accused of bringing a pipe bomb on the university of maryland on west baltimore street last july. the 22-year-old is charged with assault, resisting arrest, and possession of a destructive device. and a woman who pleaded guilty to starving her son to death will soon be out of a

baltimore jail. ria admitted the religious cult she was a part of starved her 1- year-old son javon thompson. she agreed to testify against the four other cult members charged in the boy's death. tonight the world is remembering eunice kennedy shriver, a mother, a grandmother, sister, and an aunt. her family described her as the light of their lives. she passed away early this morning. abc 2 news lindsey davis takes a look at how the life of one woman could affect so many. >> reporter: it was important to this 15-year-old to write a condolence letter for a woman he never met. a woman who believed in him. >> dear mrs. shriver, thank you for starting special olympics. have a wonderful life in heaven. love, 15 years old, special

olympian. >> reporter: eunice kennedy shriver earned a special place in millions of hearts when she founded the special olympics in 1968. >> as the mother of a special olympian, it's changed his life. >> reporter: she realized early on she didn't have to serve as president to carry on the family's tradition of public service. >> you have taught us what truly counts is the courageous spirit and the generous heart. >> reporter: a courageous spirit and generous heart is how she is being remembered. her work is now her legacy. the 88-year-old suffered a series of strokes in recent years and died at cape cod hospital early tuesday morning. >> my mother has been, you know, a key leader in the field of mental retardation, special needs, intellectual disabilities. >> reporter: her sole surviving brother edward kennedy is battling brain cancer. in a statement released, shriver is described as amazing, a living prayer, and a

center of power. senator kennedy said his earliest memory of his sister was as a young girl with great humor, sharp wit, and a boundless passion to make a difference. lindsey davis, abc news, new york. >> and eunice kennedy shriver in essence started special olympics when she hosted kids with disabilities for a summer camp in her potomac, maryland backyard. this is video from last month's maryland special olympics at towson university. her sotimothy, who was also the chairman of the special olympics says his mom believed that people with intellectual disabilities could individually and collectively achieve more than anyone thought possible. now to a developing story. the white house is not backing down on one of the administration's top priorities -- health care reform. hoping to calm fears and clarify details, president obama was on the road today at another town hall meeting. and kelly swoope has details. >> reporter: the president was in new hampshire today, trying

to clarify what is and what won't be a part of his health care agenda. he took questions from a much less contentious audience than greeted other lawmakers across the country. >> reporter: it had the makings of a confrontation over health care reform. instead the tenor was civil, unlike the meetings that have been taking place across the country. >> i'm not a rowdy person, no, no. i'm just here to express my opposition to the plan. >> i'd like a public option, and i'm not afraid of that. >> reporter: mr. obama was on the attack, and accused critics of scaring and misleading americans about his reform proposals. >> where we do disagree, let's disagree over things that are real, not the wild representations. >> reporter: president obama he expressed his message under forms that are popular, that includes ending the practice of denying coverage to people with preexisting conditions, and preventing insurance companies from dropping patients if they

get sick. if the tone of the president's town hall meeting was tempered across the country, there were fireworks at meetings organized by lawmakers, who are explaining proposed health care reforms to their constituents. >> what are you going to do to restore this country back to what our founders created according to the constitution? >> reporter: senator arlen specter called the groundbreaking informed and said he would bring back their feedback to congress. >> have a very good idea of the temper of the crowd. >> reporter: now death threats led a kansas democrat to cancel some health care town hall meetings. the fbi is investigating faxes containing offensive language and racial slurs that were sent to a georgia democrat. kelly swoope, abc 2 news. good evening, everyone. i'm meteorologist susan schrack. another hazy, hot and humid one out there for us, although we're not experiencing the intense heat that we saw yesterday. taking a look at the local radar, maryland's most powerful, you can see a little

storm developing there towards hagerstown. that has the potential to be very strong and could produce wind gusts of up to 50 miles an hour. so be aware of that if you're in the western portion of the state. for the rest of us, we're not seeing is it right now. temperatures, though, are in the upper 80s. 89 in towson. 86 in moncton. 87 in fallston. it feels like we're back up in the 90s, although the thermometers aren't reading that high quite yet. but it sure feels sticky out there. taking a look at the rest of tonight, 72 degrees is where we're going to bottom out. another sticky one for us. mostly cloudy, showers and thunderstorms, widely scattered are certainly possible for us tonight. so keep that in mind. we'll have more on how long this hot, humid weather is going the last in just a a few minutes. back to you. delaware state police have charged a maryland man with his fifth dui. delaware state police stopped christopher kendell of the eastern shore early monday for driving more than 100 miles per hour. a trooper said kendell's pathfinder was swerving back and forth. the trooper did a computer check and found that kendell

has four previous dui convictions. kendell is charged with driving under the influence, aggressive driving, speeding, and improper lane changes. maryland state police hope a newly released sketch will them them identify a murdered woman whose remains were found in carroll county in march. police belief the victim is a white woman in her late teens or early 20s with a petite build. her remains were found in an overgrown area behind a manufacturing company on baltimore boulevard and westminster. if you recognize her, you're asked to call state police at 410-386-3029. and police immediate your help finding a man wanted for stealing credit cards. the harford county sheriff's office says the theft happened between friday july 3rd and saturday july 4th in the 1300 block of cherokee and bel air. the credit cards were stolen from a vehicle. the cards were used at the royal pharmacy store on churchville road to buy gas, and also the home depot stores in bel air and white marsh. and three people are recovering after a carbon monoxide leak at an ocean city

hotel. the americana hotel on atlantic avenue was evacuated this morning, and flee people with symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning were taken to a hospital. police say tests found relatively high levels of carbon monoxide on the seven- story building's three highest floors. police are still trying to find a source of the leak. most of us know by now that breast-feeding is considered really good for the baby. but what about for the mom? what doctors have learned about breast-feeding and breast cancer. an anne arundel county man is accused of stealing items from a neighbor, and then selling them at a yard sale. why he says he did it. and caught on tape, an elephant trapped in a manhole. how rescue crews got that giant animal free. taking a look at the temperatures now from arbutus. it's 88 degrees. it feels a lot warmer than that. susan is coming up with the full forecast.

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you're watching baltimore's station that works for you. now abc 2 news at 5. >> a man in anne arundel county is charged with burglary. but it's what he did with the stolen property that has got everyone talking. abc 2 news terry owens is following this strange story. terry? >> reporter: marybeth, police say the suspect not only broke into his neighbor's home, he then tried to sell the stolen merchandise at a yard sale. get this. the burglary victim was driving saturday when she spotted the yard sale in front of the home in the 800 block of reece road in severn. according to police, the items being sold were stolen from her home. police searched the property and arrested david perticone. the stolen loot is valued at $25,000. perticone tells us he had lost his job and house and needed money. since the woman had been

committed to a mental institution, he thought the home was abandoned. >> i thought they were going to foreclose and they were going to go to waste. so i'm thinking -- i wasn't thinking right. but i'm thinking i'm going to get these things before they go, you know, to the trash heap. >> he says some of his property was also taken during the search. he is charged tonight with burglary and theft. terry owens, abc 2 news. now the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate by weather rate, and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> as you said, it would be another hot one today. not quites yesterday. >> not quite as bad. the feels-like temperatures are more like the 90s instead of the 100s. >> right. but hey, any little bit when you're talking than kind of heat. any little bit makes a difference. and we're looking at thunderstorms already coming into the picture that will cool us down as well. let's take a look at where the stats are for today. we saw a high of 88 degrees officially. normals are 86. so i would say that's pretty

much seasonal. for this time of year. and right now, we're looking at things out in the harbor, looking pretty good. a little bit of haze out there. we have the high thin clouds around, and the temperature at this hour is at 87 degrees. relative humidity is at 57%. wind is out of the west at 8 miles an hour. taking a look at our live local doppler radar, you can see that we have a little thunderstorm that is growing into a pretty strong one coming in out of pennsylvania, across the border there. and to the northern part of the state. that definitely we need to keep an eye on, because it's going to be strong. not severe to this point yet, but it is coming down towards the region. and so folks north of baltimore are going to be seeing that for the next hour or so. and that means we could be seeing some heavy downpours, high winds up to about 50 miles an hour. not likely to see hail out of this system, at least not yet. it hasn't strengthened to that point yet. do keep an eye on that. that's going to be coming right down, headed towards the bay just north of baltimore.

high temperatures today so far 88 in baltimore. 86 in york. 88 in hagerstown. 88 also in easton. temperatures right now falling maybe a degree or so. but that's pretty much where we are as well. the heat index shows it certainly feels warmer. it feels like we're up in the 90s. 98 in easton. it feels like over 100 in ocean city. satellite radar composite. lots of high thin clouds around for most of the day. it didn't really block out the sun completely, but it did help keep our temperatures down a little bit from where they were yesterday, and then we have a couple of the storms that are forming well off to the west of us and the north of us. we're seeing a line of thunderstorms. a lot of activity down to the south of us. it's all around us. chances are we are likely to see it as well in our area. so be aware of that tonight. big area of high pressure to the south of us in the atlantic ocean. this is what is keeping us in this type of weather. it's just pumping. it acts as a heat pump really. it pumps the warm, moist air up into our region. that's going to continue to be the case. we do have a cold front that is in new york state.

it's slowly making its way down into our region. as it does, it's going to bring us a bit of relief, and then it will stall to the south of us. when that happens, that's going to keep things a little unstable for us. the chance of thunderstorms and warm, humid conditions continues beyond today and on into at least the weekend. the forecast shows we have a couple of showers around tonight and thunderstorms. not bad throughout the day on wednesday. a couple of showers reemerging and so on as we head into the afternoon hours. that's going to continue to be the case as we head into thursday also. so once that daytime heating fires up, you have the potential for the storms to form in the afternoon. for tonight, 72 degrees. mostly cloudy, showers and storms are certainly possible. for tomorrow, we're looking at a high of 87 degrees. so a lot like it was today. partly sunny, showers and storms again in the afternoon hours. that's going to be the case as we head on into the weekend, and even into early part of next week. back to you. >> all right, susan. in 2 your health tonight,

colon cancer is the third largest cancer in the u.s. new research shows taking aspirin regularly may help battle that disease. the american cancer society predicts that nearly 50,000 americans will die from colon cancer this year. previous research has shown that those who take aspirin regularly have a lower risk of colon cancer. a new study adds to this research, showing that routine aspirin use may also extend the life of those already diagnosed. researchers followed over a thousand patients for ten years after they were diagnosed. and found that those who started taking aspirin soon after their diagnosis were 47% less likely to die from the disease than nonusers. these findings suggest that the anti-inflammatory effects of aspirin may have a preventative effect on colon cancer, that increases the patient's chance of survival. because long-term use of aspirin can cause ulcers and

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abc 2 news at 5:30 is minutes away. hello, everybody. i'm terry owens. we're following last night's huge town hall meeting on health care reform. what you're saying about the turnout and the impact of the meeting. general motors kicks off the first ever online sale of new cars. how the program is working. and is it is that time already? back to school shopping and some help for kids in need. we're working those stories. susan is working the forecast, and it's all ahead at 5:30. >> thanks, terry. check this out. this fire has been burning at a recycling plant since last night. it looks like it started with a spark from a worker's vehicle. asphalt and shingles are among those burning. it's possible the fire could burn for weeks.

one worker was hurt. beachgoers in florida desperately tried to save a mother whale and her baby after they were beached. hundreds of onlookers gathered, and many people sacrificed towels and umbrellas to try to protect the whales from the sun. despite the group effort, the two had to be euthanized. experts say whales can beach themselves because of climate conditions or illness. and a baby elephant became trapped when it fell into a manhole in a drainage ditch in thailand. the young animal struggled in the hole as rescue workers tried to free it. the accident happened sunday as the elephant's handlers took it to work. rescuers used a mechanical dignitary free the animal, and after three hours the elephant was finely freed unhurt. her job is to search for missing kids. but then she went missing herself. how many days was zoe the police dog roaming around prince george's county? abc 2 news at 5:30 starts in just two minutes. we all have confidence

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supporters and opponents are getting ready to go at it again. [ applause ] >> reporter: monday's town hall is over. but the debate over health care reform wages on. >> when do we want it? >> now! >> reporter: carol is a registered nurse and thinks obama's health care plan is a good idea, as long as it has its boundaries. >> many, many people coming in the hospital that have none, especially people who have been laid off and are out of work. i think yes, they should be able to afford some type of health care, but don't jam it down my throat. >> reporter: opponents to the overhaul plan are afraid it will lead down to watered down health care. >> i mean, i can understand that other people need insurance. but i don't want mine changed because i'm perfectly happy with it the way it is. >> people are afraid of losing their health care. >> reporter: towson university professor richard was at monday's town hall with senator ben cardin. >> you have to